Republican Cattle Call - Comments Period - Late July '07

Published: July 30, 2007, 5:02 pm

Tags: 2008 elections, republicans, cattle call

Although we're theoretically getting to the point in the cycle where the Cattle Calls should start coming at a faster clip, I just don't think a lot has changed in the Republican race in the past month-and-a-half. The way I see it, there's still a sucking vacuum at the top. On the Democratic side, we have three bona fide, top-shelf, single malt candidates vying for the nomination. It's probably the strongest Democratic field since 1968, when you had giants like Humphrey, McCarthy, and RFK running -- and that was after the incumbent Democratic president withdrew from the race. The Republicans, on the other hand, are stuck with a field of Phil Gramms and Phil Cranes -- a mess of George Romneys, and not a single George Bush. (And while you and I might welcome the dearth of Bushes, you have to admit that the clan is mighty good at getting its sons into the White House.) In short, the Republicans continue to lack "gravitas," their party's

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